The Public Architect as City Builder WE 203: The Public Architect as City Builder Wednesday, April 26, 2017, 8:30am 5:30pm Learning Units 7.50 LUs/HSW/RIBA 1
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Acknowledgements/Credits Slide 10 Trinity Terrace, Dorchester, MA; photo by Sadio Desmond for Trinity Financial, LLC, Boston, MA Slide 11 Orchard Gardens, Roxbury, MA; photo by Peter Vanderwarker for Trinity Financial, LLC, Boston, MA Slide 12 http://maxpixel.freegreatpicture.com/buildings-new-york-city-towers-high-rises-nyc-922940 Cartoon by Paul Szep, The Boston Globe Slide 16 Pruitt Igoe Demolition https://www.google.com/search?site=imghp&tbm=isch&q=st.%20louis%20demolition&tbs=sur:f#imgdii=e59xbw7fvhj_p M:&imgrc=hdo-2p4j6ejNyM:&spf=217 Botton left: Trinity Terrace, Dorchester, MA; photo by Sadio Desmond for Trinity Financial, LLC, Boston, MA Slide 17 Bottom right: Orchard Gardens, Roxbury, MA; photo by Peter Vanderwarker for Trinity Financial, LLC, Boston, MA Slide 18 Photos by MassHousing Slide 22 www.slate.com, April 27, 2011 Slide 26 Top middle: Maverick Landing, Icon Architects, http://iconarch.com/maverick-landing Bottom: Jackson Square Master Plan, Boston, MA, Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation, https://jpndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/jpndc-catalog-final-draft-7-10-2015.pdf Slide 27 Orchard Gardens Redevelopment Plan, DHK Architects, http://dhkinc.com/project/orchard-gardens Slide 30 Left: Mission Main HOPE VI, Boston, MA; http://www.livemissionmain.com/boston-boston/mission-main/photos Right: Orchard Gardens HOPE VI, Roxbury, MA; photo by Peter Vanderwarker for Trinity Financial, LLC, Boston, MA 4
Speakers List Lee Solomon, AIA, Deputy Director, New York City Housing Authority Ed Gauvreau, FAIA, Chief, Planning Branch, Installation Support Division, HQ US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). Michael Kaleda, PE, Senior Vice President and Program Executive, MTA Capital Construction Company Michael Kelly, AIA, General Manager, New York City Housing Authority Margaret O'Donoghue Castillo, FAIA, Chief Architect, NYC Department of Design and Construction Paul D. Smith, PE, Portfolio Manager, NYC Department of Environmental Protection Deborah Goddard, Executive Vice President for Capital Projects, New York City Housing Authority 5
Course / Learning Objectives Attendees will have analytic and conceptual tools to evaluate and deploy the design and construction of infrastructure strategies. With these tools, Public Architects and Designers of Public Infrastructure will become key decision makers in complex funding environments, leveraging knowledge and understanding gained in this workshop in support of this very necessary subject matter expertise. Upon completion, participants will be able to identify main types of public and private issues and will be able to access tools and resources to evaluate and navigate through authorities having jurisdiction and stakeholders. Upon completion, participants will be able to describe the competing demands for infrastructure development and will have made connections to other design professional experiences from whom they can learn. At the end of this workshop, participants will have helped to establish criteria to evaluate the viability of infrastructure project strategies, and hence for defining the role of design professionals. Upon completion, participants will have information necessary to shape decision-making to serve in creating the highest quality and best value public realm. 6
THEME Architects as partners in enabling the public sector to be City Builders 7
CITY BUILDERS What words would you use to define City Builder? 8
CITY BUILDERS My definition of a City Builder: Providing leadership in creating urban environments that successfully integrate individual buildings with the public realm using design solutions that address: 9
CITY BUILDERS Quality Photo Here Human Scale Viability Feasibility 10
CITY BUILDERS What gets in the way of successful City Building? 11
CITY BUILDERS Stereotypes Density Photo Here Affordable Elitism / Exclusion NIMBYism 12
CITY BUILDERS Architects SHOULD be a Critical Partner in Moving City Building Forward 13
THE POWER OF DESIGN Design can Inspire Design can offer Possibilities 14
THE POWER OF DESIGN 15
THE POWER OF DESIGN Design can overcome Stereotypes 16
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THE POWER OF DESIGN Design as Mediator 18
CITY BUILDERS WHAT GETS IN THE WAY OF AN ARCHITECT MAXIMIZING DESIGN AS A TOOL OF CITY BUILDING? 19
CITY BUILDERS The Client So, participate in avenues that set the stage for your work 20
The Process of City Building has Changed CITY BUILDERS 21
CITY BUILDERS Tripping Hazards : Language Righteousness Failure to Listen A Discourse on Emerging Tectonic Visualization and the Effects of Materiality on Praxis Or an essay on the ridiculous way architects talk. By Witold Rybczynski 22
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CITY BUILDERS Critical Skills: A voice that works with lay people 24
CITY BUILDERS Critical Skills: Use of graphics to create joint vocabulary to overcome stereotypes 25
CITY BUILDER Critical Skills: Problem solving Listening Identifying tradeoffs Offering alternatives 26
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CITY BUILDERS The value of urban planning expertise and that is not synonymous with architectural design 28
CITY BUILDERS Meld aspiration with practicality: satisfy the basic functional need Acknowledge and respect real constraints 29
CITY BUILDERS Value engineer with a genuine aim to maintain quality of the construction and design 30
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Architects can use design to change the dialogue and perception about the urban landscape and affordable housing CITY BUILDERS 32
Digital Polling 1. What do you see as your most important roles as a city builder? (Multiple choice, more than one answer allowed OR choose up to three OR just one) a. Supporting public safety b. Improving the environment for people, e.g. air quality, noise, transportation c. Fostering social and economic development d. Improving aesthetics / architectural legacy e. Using public moneys wisely f. Getting the lowest price so money can be used elsewhere or returned to the public g. Conserving the natural environment 33
Digital Polling 2. Where have your found that the role of architects has made the most important differences? (Multiple choice, more than one answer allowed) a. Setting performance standards b. Setting design or facility/interior standards c. Driving value/cost-effective budget use as first (construction) cost d. Cost-effective budget use over lifespan e. Improving quality of life f. Sustainable design g. Universal design h. Social and economic development i. Land use / urban design j. Expectation management k. Public outreach 34
Digital Polling 3. How has your team provided the most benefit to the communities you serve? (Multiple choice, more than one answer allowed) a. Serving as their advocate b. Tastemaker / curator c. Interpreting /expectation management d. Opening the dialog to new perspectives or practices 35
Digital Polling 4. DISCUSSION: What tool or tip is your most valuable to share to this group? 36
Safe, Clean and Connected Communities 37
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